Campaign Launched to Save Rent ControlPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Nov. 15‚ 2007As I approached City Hall yesterday to attend the press rally to save rent control, I got nervous when I saw the large number of people carrying signs. Did the landlords come to stage a counter-protest? Nope, there were just a lot of people. The Howard Jarvis measure is so bad because it would repeal rent control, decimate environmental laws and make it impossible to build water projects – that a very wide coalition is coming together to set aside their differences and prioritize its defeat. The San Francisco Tenants Union, the Sierra Club, Senior Action Network, the Central Labor Council and others were all on hand yesterday to join the effort to kick off a statewide campaign. And to their credit, Assemblyman Mark Leno and Senator Carole Migden were both there – to stress the need for a united front. |